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[Defy General] sonhy:
any solution yet?

yeah, im trying to find a way to auto backup everyday.

I would be happy with:

1) a full nandroid backup automatically everyday a set time

2) use some sync app to sync online. i think sugarsync has 500+mb

tried everything with different versions of clockworkmod but rom manager doesnt see it.

anyone got a solution to auto backup there phone daily?
[Motorola Droid X2] josh.rose0107:
I just flashed the rooted gingerbread again because I soft bricked my phone and when it rebooted I noticed that my wifi would not connect ti my home network. Does anybody know what may ne causing this? It was working great before.
[Motorola Droid X2] magozz:
Try reinstalling it or using a diff one. Wifi tether app been working nice for me.
[Motorola Droid X2] juhde:
You may need to reinstall. Make sure you're always downloading from a good source too. I recommend getting it from microscopes as P3Droid makes sure those are the newest current files.
[Motorola Droid X2] zakth:
I know this sounds unlikely but try restarting your router. Some people had this issue in a test run and restarting the router actually helped them.
[Motorola Droid X2] josh.rose0107:
Thanks for the insight I will try suggestions and with post with results. Love this forum!

Update: after deciding I didn't want to go through the process of ref lashing this morning I restarted the router and the phone is connected! Thanks for the help everybody!
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bjarnia:
First off: I tried searching. It returned dozens and dozens of posts about how to WAKE the phone with the trackball

Like many, I have a nexus one with a broken power button. I'm running Cyanogen so I can easily wake the phone with the trackball. I also have a widget to lock it from the home screen.

I would however really like a way to lock the phone with a hardware button somehow. Long press on trackball or volume buttons would be awesome. I never use the volume buttons anyways so I'd give them up if I had to.

Is there any way to do this? If so how deep would the integration have to be? New kernel? Kernel patch? Root access app?

Thanks, and sorry if this has been posted before. I swear I tried searching :D
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dirk:
It's a great idea actually. I can't see why Trackball Wake couldn't also be Trackball Sleep. I would love to see this implemented!

Perhaps someone would like to take up the challenge?
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zephyr18:
Screen off and lock

There is an application called Screen Off and Lock.

You can turn off the screen by long-pressing search button.

- Trackball Wake

- Long-pressing Search button sleep (screen-off)

This way I don't use power button at all.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bjarnia:
That's pretty awesome! Thanks

A bit sad to lose the usage of my voice search though. But I'll sacrifice that over the hardware locking method!
[Optimus V Android Development] kurt.hewett:
titanium backup?

Excellent guide for the likes of me (noob), you might wanna mention titanium backup too
[Optimus V Android Development] Zachary droid:
help

Hey u have a great step by step guide, however when I run gingerbreak to root it gives me an error I kno u said reboot manually and I did twice and I couldn't get it to work, any thoughts of to why it did this twice thanks
[Optimus V Android Development] Whyzor:
What is the exact error you're getting? I believe you have to keep retrying, maybe up to 10 times.
[Optimus V Android Development] VegasJoker:
Thanks a lot.Real helpful :)
[Optimus V Android Development] KidGusto:
Will this work for LG Optimus S? It's been difficult to find specific information for this phone.:o

Thanks.
[Optimus V Android Development] bigsupersquid:
the windows drivers and gingerbreak will work.

you'll need an optimus S custom recovery and rom, though. If you use optimus V software, your home and menu keys will be backwards, and there may be other little issues with the network.

look on android central forums for optimus S development and you'll find roms and recoveries no problem.
[Optimus V Android Development] silviu123:
Thank you for this. The Rom manager method is great, i was afraid not to brick my optimus one with the adb shell crap and pc connection. They should make a nici sticky like this in the euro section, not with adb crap.

;)
[Optimus V Android Development] lamenramen:
Can this guide by updated, with more details?

The menu options in ROM manager are not the same anymore, and I am flailing around trying to figure out which options to hit.

I'm stuck at the LG logo boot up screen after doing what I think is flashing the bumblebee ROM step. (step 10 in the guide).
[Optimus V Android Development] cobraextreme:
I used these steps and they worked great for rooting, but I'm having a problem with recovery. I flashed CWM 3.2.0.1 from ROM Manager and it appeared to work fine, but when I try to boot into recovery I just get a blank screen.

I have done the following:

Busybox 1.19.2 from Stericson, installed to /system/bin

Superuser from market, updated to 2.3.6.3, su is 2.3.2-efgh

Used ROM Manager 4.4.0.7 to flash CWM recovery 3.2.0.1

I've tried getting to recovery using Home+Vol Dn+Power, or the reboot menu option in rom manager, and just get the blank screen.

Anyone run into this or have suggestions?
[Optimus V Android Development] bigsupersquid:
[fix]black screen in custom recovery or custom roms

you probably have the newer screen type, which it appears the older custom kernels need a .config setting changed before building to support.

you'll have to use flash_image in adb or terminal.

probably. full instructions and downloads at that link.

yay, you didn't flash a rom through rom manager at the same time! or it'd be a lot harder.
[Optimus V Android Development] cobraextreme:
That did the trick! Thanks!

It would be great to get a sticky about this in here. It's pretty easy to miss the newer display issue if you're just now looking into this forum and don't check AC first.
[Optimus V Android Development] Whyzor:
Updated original post with link for the new OV screens.

ROM Manager is only supposed to be use to flash the Clockworkmod recovery image, then everything else is done by booting into the recovery mode. ROM manager's other features should not be used on the OV.
[Optimus V Android Development] bigsupersquid:
the only big problem left is getting the "back to stock" up to par for the newer OV's...

if someone could upload the critical part of a nandroid made from the newer stock system after rooting but before installing a custom rom, a more up-to-date back to stock guide could be put up with the newer files, or at least the older files patched with the newer kernel.

anyone want to upload the

boot.img

from a first nandroid backup off of a newer ov? the boot.img doesn't have any personal info, and it's got the newer kernel, which is all that's needed to fix up the older back-to-stock nandroid files.
[Optimus V Android Development] cobraextreme:
I think there's about an 85% chance that this contains the kernel that you're looking for; not sure if you have some way to deal with that 15% uncertainty but hopefully it's helpful.
[Optimus V Android Development] luwizwiz:
Questions about ROM Manager

Hi, can I get a clear clarification about installing the ROM Manager on my LG Optimus p500, when your about to install the ClockwordMod Recovery you would have to select the phone model. LG p500 is not listed. Is there an alternative to it?
[Optimus V Android Development] Whyzor:
This thread is under the Optimus V development section, you should ask questions about the p500 in this forum section:

http://xdaforums.com/forumdisplay.php?f=839
[Optimus V Android Development] luwizwiz:
Thanks, i didn't notice that its for Optimus V, i have a Optimus One. many thanks :D
[Optimus V Android Development] ct200:
Complete noob here, I mean a complete noob...first cell phone.

I was hoping to tether my new OV, but i quickly found out i have software version 2.2.2 which does not allow me to turn on hot spots. So I heard I can root my phone to get around this. I did stes 1-3 without issue, now I am stuck on step 3a. When i try to install busybox (not sure what this does for me?), i get the follow error/message "It looks like you have Busybox installed, but there are multiple copies still installed. /system/bin/ is currently as RW. This means that something may have gone wrong in the installation process. Please verify on your end that everything is correctly installed and working.

What do I verify? There is no Busybox app to run, only to install so it looks like the install failed?
[Optimus V Android Development] Whyzor:
If you go into 'adb shell' from the PC with phone connected, or open the app 'terminal emulator' to get a unix prompt, and type 'busybox', you should see a list of commands. If you get a no command found, then it's not installed. It's suggested to install so you can run unix commands, but not really needed. Root & custom recovery are the important ones. You're probably safe to continue, just make sure to make a backup in recovery mode before doing anything else.
[Optimus V Android Development] ct200:
Thanks for the responce...what is the abd shell?

I can connect my phone to my computer using blue tooth without any issues. However when I connect with the usb cable, the phone makes some fancy sounds and the computer said the device is ready to use, however I cant seem to do anything with it. Nothing shows up under the control panel, the LG mobile support tool which loaded with the driver says no devices are connected and to connected using usb...hmm...any ideas on what is going on? I have never had such issues trying to connect a device to my computer.
[Optimus V Android Development] ct200:
okay, i figured it out...

---------- Post added at 06:02 AM ---------- Previous post was at 05:51 AM ----------

new problem, if i type any adp coomand, it says permission denied. Arg!
[Optimus V Android Development] Gronde481:
rooted the v succesfully and flashed CWM on and now when i try to get to the bootloader...(pressing vol down, home, power and waiting for the lg logo to appear) the screen stays black, is this normal
[Optimus V Android Development] bigsupersquid:
lots of new v's have a hitachi screen instead of novatek like the old ones.

it isn't enabled in the kernel from older software. All it takes is a .config change before building the kernel to fix it... but CWM and most other recoveries labelled for the optimus v have the older kernel.

you can use android screencast to work with the recovery you flashed on there, or you can flash_image another that will work instead if you want.

find working recoveries <here>

later I might update the downloads with fixed keymap kernels so the home/menu keys aren't switched, but when I made them originally I didn't have a new v kernel yet.
[Optimus V Android Development] je66b:
installing roms? so the root and everything worked, i can boot into recovery install the roms succesfully but when i reboot to let them run they bootloop, does anyone else get this problem? so far the MIUI rom from the "MIUI - rom idea" thread bootloops, and backside iho bootloops... has anyone on here rooted with gingerbreak and gotten those versions of iho to work?
[Optimus V Android Development] bigsupersquid:
you haven't done the privacy reset within a rom, have you?

that'll cause a nasty bootloop regardless of what rom you flash afterwards.

sometimes a corrupted download will also cause that, did you check the md5 after downloading?
[Optimus V Android Development] je66b:
i just got back into doing all this stuff, whats the privacy reset? chances are i did that cause i just tried other roms, theyre not working either, they either bootloop, or just do a hard freeze halfway through the first start up after i install the rom, and whats the md5? (things were a lot easier on my DX! i messed up like once and its cause i forgot to wipe cache lol)

further details: i had stock optimus v, rooted with gingerbreak following the steps in this tut to cue, installed IHO and it started happening

EDIT: found my mistake forgot to format everything cept sd card
[Optimus V Android Development] Erica8123:
Thank You for this! This was by far the easiest phone I have ever rooted :) Worked Flawlessly and took a total of 2min. I didn't ever have to connect to the computer I chose to download straight to the sd card from the XDA app like I used to do with my Epic
[Optimus V Android Development] kibbles-n-bits:
Rooting was a snap thank you so much OP
[Optimus V Android Development] boystuff:
i'm so confused here, did some optimus V's come stock with 2.3 or are you rooting 2.2 with gingerbreak?
[Optimus V Android Development] bigsupersquid:
just using gingerbreak to root 2.2, since z4root and superoneclick don't work for that. they work fine for 2.1
[Optimus V Android Development] vfrjim:
I've successfully rooted the phone but cannot get into the bootloader to do a Nandbackup. I've held the Power+Vol Down+Home till the LG logo comes on but no success, ideas?
[Optimus V Android Development] bigsupersquid:
install terminal emulator

start it, type

su
reboot recovery
[Optimus V Android Development] vfrjim:
now I get a black screen, so is this what others are having problems with?
[Optimus V Android Development] bigsupersquid:
yes.

fix here
[Optimus V Android Development] Kolma:
I keep getting

"Problem with Core Utilities"

When trying to run busybox

*fixed*
[Optimus V Android Development] ApexPredatorBoids:
I've tried to flash some different ROMs such as Reborn and Bumblebee 2.4. Both have failed so I decided to try a different recovery to see if that would fix the problem.

I've tried to install several other custom recoveries via Flash Image GUI however the one supplied in this thread is the only one that works. They seem to install correctly but when I try to reboot into recovery I get stuck at the LG screen, however, my screen doesn't go black. Since I stood in line for a couple of hours at Target on Black Friday to get the OV for $50 I assume it's one of the newer models with the Hitachi screen. Despite the fact that my screen never goes black, am I in the same boat as those above that need the black screen fix?

Also, I've tried using ROM Manager to install the latest CWM recovery however it detects my phone as an Optimus C LW690. I'm guessing that's not what I need and I should NOT flash that recovery?
[Optimus V Android Development] bigsupersquid:
rom manager does not get along well with all optimus v phones, and its recovery has been reported to not work on new ov's with Hitachi screens.

it's unfortunate you're having trouble flashing an alternate recovery.

if the screen doesn't get past silver lg, it didn't take the recovery flash.

put the one you can use back on there, and maybe you can use a flashable zip recovery instead of an .img file.

the two roms you specified do not have kernels with hitachi drivers, so they won't work without tweaking.

you can flash the picasticks remix kernel (turn off signature verification) after either of those roms before reboot and they should work.

a couple people reported broken rotation after flashing that kernel, but most seem to not have problems.
[Optimus V Android Development] ApexPredatorBoids:
Thanks for the advice. Flashing the .zip from recovery seems to be doing the trick. As for the ROMs that have failed for me, I'm not sure your kernel fix would help me. It's not an issue of them installing but failing to boot, they won't even install. Guess it's just not meant to be. All other ROMs I've tried have installed fine so I guess I'll just stick with what does work. But, anyway, thanks alot for your help.
[Optimus V Android Development] bigsupersquid:
sorry, misread.

if you want to flash older roms like those, you'll need a recovery that handles amend scripting, like xionia cwma.

that link is to a flashable zip recovery. you might have to turn off signature verification.

newer (current) recoveries don't support amend scripting, just edify.
[Optimus V Android Development] ApexPredatorBoids:
Thanks again! The Xionia recovery along with the picasticks remix kernel did the trick for me.
[Optimus V Android Development] jntdroid:
sorry for the dumb question, but I've tried this recovery file as well as clockwork's, and none will boot up... just goes to a blank screen every time... what am I missing?

edit: nevermind... thought I tried IHO's recovery, but it worked this time...
[Optimus V Android Development] Xyp:
So I'm trying to root a relative's OV with the methods posted here; I'm fairly experienced with ADB and one click tools and have rooted and ROM'd many different devices. The phone was recently updated to Android 2.3.4.

Unfortunately I'm not having much success with GingerBreak after running it multiple times and I'm wondering if the exploit has been patched with this update. Can anyone confirm this? If so, has there been any progress on any other rooting methods?

Thanks for reading.

-x-
[Optimus V Android Development] tvall:
Gingerbreak was fixed in 2.3.3 I think...
[Optimus V Android Development] TJj33p3rz:
WOW out of all my phones this one was the easiest to do.Awesome instructions followed to a tee worked first try sweeeet.Thanks you.
[Optimus V Android Development] Tekone:
How can i install your VM670NH_recovery.img without boot in original rom or custom rom? I was trying to install I.H.O CyanogenMod 7 ROM without ClockworkMod 5.0.2.7 and it gave me status 7 and installation abort. I believe it has bad Clockworkmod recovery. How can flash the recovery or change different recovery if i can't boot in rom. I did a format on data, boot and system and can't install the new rom in. It stuck in blue screen after LG logo.
[Optimus V Android Development] holmesnmanny:
This ****ing rom just wrecked my phone!

I installed it correctly. But wifi doesn't work. It connected but i cant get to the web.

I can't turn on usb debugging because it says i need to be rooted but I can't get on the internet and I can't get a file loaded onto the phone.

I can't load the recovery because it says it needs root access but I turned on allow all in the root app and it still won't do anything so now i'm basically fcked.

thanks alot
[Optimus V Android Development] kwkbnk:
Sounds like a bad download or flash. Try getting into recovery buy powering phone off and turning on b holdng Vol down + Home + Power until the lg logo. Flashing a rom doesn't overwrite the recovery so should be there.
[Optimus V Android Development] jcase:
I believe I have a new root for this phone.

Does the current/newest firmware have a public root?
[Optimus V Android Development] bennettg:
I received a replacement phone and followed the instructions and successfully rooted the phone.

i then Downloaded and copied the recovery image VM670NH_recovery.img onto my sdcard and installed the Flash Image GUI app, ran the app & selected 'Recovery Image' option while seclecting the VM670NH_recovery.img file.

I then booted into recovery with home/vol down/power and got the CWM menu. however, whenever i selected any option, the menu disappeared and i was left only with the top hat icon with circular arrow. i tried to reflash the recovery image and nothing seemed to fix it.

anyone have thoughts?

thanks in advance.
[Optimus V Android Development] JerryScript:
On the VM670NH_recovery, you use the camera button to select, not the home key. ;)
[Optimus V Android Development] domain90:
Hi, i installed this rom and everything works great except that it didnt came with google market or play and I have troubling installing it because everything it asks me to add and account, when i press accept, nothing happens....is it only me?
[Optimus V Android Development] Whyzor:
You forgot to the step to flash the gapps.zip right after ROM.
[Optimus V Android Development] chaotic646:
Need some help, this is my daughter's phone and she was having problems on CM7 so I restored a nandroid for her back to the stock rom. She tried to do a factory reset (didnt know she wasnt supposed to, I totally forgot) and now nothing works. Ive tried restoring it again, flashing a different rom, but get the same result after reboot every time - back to recovery. Is there anything I can do to get this thing out of recovery and actually reboot to a rom?
[Optimus V Android Development] Whyzor:
I'm don't have the exact link, but if you go to androidcentral.com's Optimus V dev forums, and search for 'boot loop recover', it involves flashing xionia recovery, which has an option to fix it, then flash back to normal CWM recovery, and custom ROM. But the xionia recovery is older and may not recognize newer LCD screens on newer Optimus V's. Basically go to androidcentral.com's forums since there's better Optimus V support community.
[Optimus V Android Development] EEngineer:
I successfully rooted my Optimus V.

I flashed the Recovery Image as above. Pressing VolumeDown-Home-Power boots me into recovery, CWM-based Recovery v4.0.1.5.

I can navigate the recovery menu with the Volume U/Down keys, but if I press the Power button to select ANYTHING, all I see is an image with the yellow circle with the hat. Pressing Power gets me back to the main recovery menu. Can't even power off, I have to pull the battery.

Help, please??

:confused:

EDIT: Never mind, I see now I need to use the Camera key.
[Optimus V Android Development] EEngineer:
Do I also NOT format the boot partition? Does formatting the boot partition wipe Recovery?
[Optimus V Android Development] bigsupersquid:
Format /boot if you want. Usually not necessary but won't hurt anything.

/recovery is a seperate partition and you can't format it from the recovery menus.
[Optimus V Android Development] EEngineer:
On an Optimus V, I had gone through all the procedures (Bobzhome CM7) except formatting partitions. It froze at boot on the green Android circle.

Redid the operation except this time I did this:

Wipe Data/Factory Reset, wipe cache partition. Under Advanced submenu, wipe dalvik-cache. Then uner Mounts & Storage submenu, format all partitions EXCEPT /sdcard and boot.

Flawless! Presently overclocking at 768MHz.

I just set to set CPU frequency on boot. But if there is a problem, how do I boot to the default 600MHz CPU frequency?

Also, any way to get rid of or replace the Virgin Mobile boot graphics?
[Optimus V Android Development] cristiano95:
how usefull thread !
[Optimus V Android Development] nodyarg:
this bricked my phone. i have the p500h (koodo). i turned on usb debugging, then installed the gingerbreak, then it rebooted and i installed the VM670NH_recovery.img using the flash recovery gui app. then i turned off the phone and tried to boot into recovery by holding down teh button sequence, i saw the LG logo, but then when i let go of the buttons it simply turns off. if i try to boot normally without going into recovery i just see the LG logo forever. any suggestions?
[Optimus V Android Development] leolawliet:
Hey guys, I've been away for a while since my brother is still using my OV. Anyways I just wanted to make a suggestion, has anyone looked into PACman Rom? It's definitely worth porting, you guys should check it out. Basically it's Paranoid Android + AOKP + CyanogenMod merged into one rom.
[Optimus V Android Development] leolawliet:
This is so worth porting :)
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[Optimus V Android Development] EEngineer:
Try this: Turn off your phone, remove the battery.

Press and hold the Power button for ten seconds, then press and release the power button 20 times. This removes any residual charge from the phone.

Put the battery back in and try to boot into recovery.
[Optimus V Android Development] TJj33p3rz:
I can get into recovery but none of the buttons will work like when I clear cache which button executes things?I tried all I've never had this trouble on any phone I've done before.Thanks for any help.
[Optimus V Android Development] TJj33p3rz:
I got it I used zens touch recovery
[Optimus V Android Development] Brandi223:
Whats the best root method for VM670 on version 2.2.2